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Law Practice

Apr. 30, 2020

About your diverse client...

I have a recurring experience that a few others might share as well. As a lawyer who happens to belong to a minority community, I often am contacted by someone else’s client who feels ethnic affinity, for a second opinion about progress in the case or an assessment of the fees being charged.

Frank H. Wu

President Designate
Queens College

Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.

I have a recurring experience that a few others might share as well. As a lawyer who happens to belong to a minority community, I often am contacted by someone else's client who feels ethnic affinity, for a second opinion about progress in the case or an assessment of the fees being charged. Without betraying any confidences, I can offer guidance for colleagues who may be on the other side, representing an individual who is literally and figuratively from someplace el...

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